Piira
Created by Jorma Napola (1914-2000)
PIIRA - a Finnish private eye who goes by just his last
name - appeared in only one book, Ruuvikierre, but it won
first prize in the prestigious Big Detective Novel Competition
in 1962. Piira is closely modeled after Philip
Marlowe.
Napola's second book, Ministeri on murhattu (which translates
as The Minister Has Been Murdered), was published in 1981.
NOVEL
- Ruuvikierre (1962; translation: The Screwdriver)
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